NAS finally catches up with 17 years ago
If you were around back in the early 1990s and dealing with the whole issue of sick Gulf War veterans, you may recall the name Jim Moss. Moss did some research way back then which demonstrated a link between exposure to certain chemicals and symptoms remarkably similar to those reported by Gulf War veterans.
What Moss found was a relationship between exposure to DEET -- an insect killer -- and pyridostigmine bromide -- a nerve agent pre-treatment which most of took during the war. The result of exposure to both? Significant neurological damage.
Moss testified before Congress in 1994 and a month later lost his job at the US Department of Agriculture.
Ironically, this week, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week published a review which upheld Moss' fifteen year old findings. This may open the door for presumtive service connection and medical treatment for Gulf War veterans who've waited nearly two decades to get help.
It's about time, isn't it?
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